Shikra - Revision history

Deliatodd-18346: Some deleted text replaced. ID & Behaviour started. Extra pictures added. Video link

2012-02-26T21:43:55Z

Some deleted text replaced. ID & Behaviour started. Extra pictures added. Video link

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	'''Alternative name: Little Banded Goshawk'''		'''Alternative name: Little Banded Goshawk'''
		+	[[Image:Shikra.jpg\|thumb\|450px\|right\|Photo by {{user\|Rakesh\|Rakesh}}<br />Hebbal, [[Bangalore]], December 2005]]
	;[[:Category:Accipiter\|Accipiter]] badius		;[[:Category:Accipiter\|Accipiter]] badius
-	[[Image:Shikra.jpg\|thumb\|550px\|right\|Photo by Rakesh<br />Photo taken: Hebbal, Bangalore.]]	+
	==Identification==		==Identification==
		+	26–30 cm long<br />
		+	Short broad wings and a long tail
	==Distribution==		==Distribution==
	Sub-Saharan [[Africa]] and southern [[Asia]].		Sub-Saharan [[Africa]] and southern [[Asia]].

-	In Africa breeds from [[Senegal]], [[Gambia]] and southern [[Mauritania]] east to [[Ethiopia]] and western [[Somalia]] and south to [[South Africa]].	+	In Africa breeds from [[Senegal]], [[Gambia]] and southern [[Mauritania]] east to [[Ethiopia]] and western [[Somalia]] and south to [[South Africa]]. Absent from the closed forests of Central Africa and the most arid areas of the south-west. Resident.

-	In Asia breeds from [[Iran]] and [[Pakistan]] south to southern [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]] and north to [[Kazakhstan]] and the far west of [[China]]. Range extends eastwards to southern China and [[Hainan]] and south to southern [[Thailand]].	+	In Asia breeds from [[Iran]] and [[Pakistan]] south to southern [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]] and north to [[Kazakhstan]] and the far west of [[China]]. Range extends eastwards to southern China and [[Hainan]] and south to southern [[Thailand]]. Northern populations are migratory, wintering from Iran to India and South-East Asia. Vagrants recorded in Malaya and Sumatra.
		+
		+	Status in the Western Palearctic is difficult to determine but known to have bred once in southern Azerbaijan in 1933 but not confirmed since. May be present regularly in south-east Transcaucasia and has been recorded as a vagrant in [[Israel]] and a bird thought to be a hybrid Shikra x Levant Sparrowhawk has also been recorded there.
		+	[[Image:089 Gavil n chikra - Mapungubwe.JPG\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Subspecies ''polyzonoides''<br />Photo by {{user\|Riqui\|Riqui}}<br />Mapungubwe NP South Africa, July 2009]]
	==Taxonomy==		==Taxonomy==
-	Six races recognised with two in Africa: ''sphenurus'' from Gambia to northern Tanzania and ''polyzonoides'' from southern Tanzania to the Cape. In Asia ''cenchroides'' occurs from Transcaucasia to Central Asia, ''dussumieri'' in northern India and the Himalayas, ''badius'' in southern India and Sri Lanka and ''poliopsis'' from north-east India to China and South-East Asia.	+	====Subspecies====
		+	Six races recognised with two in Africa<sup>[[#References\|[1]]]</sup>:
		+	''sphenurus'' from Gambia to northern Tanzania and ''polyzonoides'' from southern Tanzania to the Cape.
		+
		+	In Asia ''cenchroides'' occurs from Transcaucasia to Central Asia, ''dussumieri'' in northern India and the Himalayas, ''badius'' in southern India and Sri Lanka and ''poliopsis'' from north-east India to China and South-East Asia.
		+	[[Image:FSI 1507.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user\|tombac\|tombac}}<br />Hua Hin, [[Thailand]], August 2011]]
	==Habitat==		==Habitat==
	Forest, woodlands and wooded steppes, cultivated areas and often close to human habitation.		Forest, woodlands and wooded steppes, cultivated areas and often close to human habitation.
	==Behaviour==		==Behaviour==
		+	====Flight====
		+	The normal flight of this species is a characteristic "flap –flap– glide".
		+	<gallery>
		+	Image:Shikra juvenile.jpg\|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user\|Steve+G\|Steve G}}<br />Hunas Falls Hotel, [[Sri Lanka]], August 2009
		+	</gallery>
		+	==References==
		+	#{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#BF Member observations
		+	{{ref}}
	==External Links==		==External Links==
	{{GSearch\|Shikra}}		{{GSearch\|Shikra}}
-	*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=852&Bird_Image_ID=354&Bird_Family_ID=96 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]	+	<br />
		+	{{Video\|Shikra}}
		+
	[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Accipiter]]		[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Accipiter]]

GaryClark-54011 at 15:07, 2 November 2009

2009-11-02T15:07:02Z

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	'''Alternative name: Little Banded Goshawk'''		'''Alternative name: Little Banded Goshawk'''
	;[[:Category:Accipiter\|Accipiter]] badius		;[[:Category:Accipiter\|Accipiter]] badius
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	{{GSearch\|Shikra}}		{{GSearch\|Shikra}}
	*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=852&Bird_Image_ID=354&Bird_Family_ID=96 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]		*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=852&Bird_Image_ID=354&Bird_Family_ID=96 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
-	[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Accipiter]] [[Category:Incomplete]]	+	[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Accipiter]]

AlexC at 18:50, 4 July 2008

2008-07-04T18:50:40Z

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		+	'''Alternative name: Little Banded Goshawk'''
	;[[:Category:Accipiter\|Accipiter]] badius		;[[:Category:Accipiter\|Accipiter]] badius
-	AKA Little Banded Goshawk
	[[Image:Shikra.jpg\|thumb\|550px\|right\|Photo by Rakesh<br />Photo taken: Hebbal, Bangalore.]]		[[Image:Shikra.jpg\|thumb\|550px\|right\|Photo by Rakesh<br />Photo taken: Hebbal, Bangalore.]]
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	==Identification==		==Identification==
	==Distribution==		==Distribution==

AlanManson-37216 at 11:51, 30 May 2008

2008-05-30T11:51:46Z

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	{{GSearch\|Shikra}}		{{GSearch\|Shikra}}
	*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=852&Bird_Image_ID=354&Bird_Family_ID=96 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]		*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=852&Bird_Image_ID=354&Bird_Family_ID=96 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
-	[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Accipiter]]	+	[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Accipiter]] [[Category:Incomplete]]

AlanManson-37216: Category:Accipiter

2008-05-30T11:50:53Z

Category:Accipiter

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-	;Accipiter badius	+	;[[:Category:Accipiter\|Accipiter]] badius
	AKA Little Banded Goshawk		AKA Little Banded Goshawk
-	[[Image:Shikra.jpg\|thumb\|550px\|right\|Photo by Rakesh<br />Photo taken: Hebbal , Bangalore.]]	+	[[Image:Shikra.jpg\|thumb\|550px\|right\|Photo by Rakesh<br />Photo taken: Hebbal, Bangalore.]]

	==Identification==		==Identification==
	==Distribution==		==Distribution==
-	Sub-Saharan [[Africa]] and southern [[Asia]]. In Africa breeds from [[Senegal]], [[Gambia]] and southern [[Mauritania]] east to [[Ethiopia]] and western [[Somalia]] and south to [[South Africa]].	+	Sub-Saharan [[Africa]] and southern [[Asia]].

-	In Asia breeds from [[Iran]] and [[Pakistan]] south to southern [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]] and north to [[Kazakstan]] and the far west of [[China]]. Range extends eastwards southern China and [[Hainan]] and south to southern [[Thailand]].	+	In Africa breeds from [[Senegal]], [[Gambia]] and southern [[Mauritania]] east to [[Ethiopia]] and western [[Somalia]] and south to [[South Africa]].
		+
		+	In Asia breeds from [[Iran]] and [[Pakistan]] south to southern [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]] and north to [[Kazakhstan]] and the far west of [[China]]. Range extends eastwards to southern China and [[Hainan]] and south to southern [[Thailand]].
	==Taxonomy==		==Taxonomy==
-		+	Six races recognised with two in Africa: ''sphenurus'' from Gambia to northern Tanzania and ''polyzonoides'' from southern Tanzania to the Cape. In Asia ''cenchroides'' occurs from Transcaucasia to Central Asia, ''dussumieri'' in northern India and the Himalayas, ''badius'' in southern India and Sri Lanka and ''poliopsis'' from north-east India to China and South-East Asia.
-		+
-	Six races recognised with two in Africa: sphenurus from Gambia to northern Tanzania and polyzonoides from southern Tanzania to the Cape. In Asia cenchroides occurs from Transcaucasia to Central Asia, dussumieri in northern India and the Himalayas, badius in southern India and Sri Lanka and poliopsis from north-east India to China and South-East Asia.	+
	==Habitat==		==Habitat==
	Forest, woodlands and wooded steppes, cultivated areas and often close to human habitation.		Forest, woodlands and wooded steppes, cultivated areas and often close to human habitation.
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	{{GSearch\|Shikra}}		{{GSearch\|Shikra}}
	*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=852&Bird_Image_ID=354&Bird_Family_ID=96 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]		*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=852&Bird_Image_ID=354&Bird_Family_ID=96 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
-	[[Category:Birds]]	+	[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Accipiter]]

Kits at 16:02, 14 April 2008

2008-04-14T16:02:07Z

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	;Accipiter badius		;Accipiter badius
-		+	AKA Little Banded Goshawk
	[[Image:Shikra.jpg\|thumb\|550px\|right\|Photo by Rakesh<br />Photo taken: Hebbal , Bangalore.]]		[[Image:Shikra.jpg\|thumb\|550px\|right\|Photo by Rakesh<br />Photo taken: Hebbal , Bangalore.]]

	==Identification==		==Identification==
	==Distribution==		==Distribution==
-	Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia. In Africa breeds from Senegal, Gambia and southern Mauritania east to Ethiopia and western Somalia and south to South Africa. Absent from the closed forests of Central Africa and the most arid areas of the south-west. Resident.	+	Sub-Saharan [[Africa]] and southern [[Asia]]. In Africa breeds from [[Senegal]], [[Gambia]] and southern [[Mauritania]] east to [[Ethiopia]] and western [[Somalia]] and south to [[South Africa]].

-	In Asia breeds from Iran and Pakistan south to southern India and Sri Lanka and north to Kazakstan and the far west of China. Range extends eastwards southern China and Hainan and south to southern Thailand. Northern populations are migratory, wintering from Iran to India and South-East Asia. Vagrants recorded in Malaya and Sumatra.	+	In Asia breeds from [[Iran]] and [[Pakistan]] south to southern [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]] and north to [[Kazakstan]] and the far west of [[China]]. Range extends eastwards southern China and [[Hainan]] and south to southern [[Thailand]].
		+	==Taxonomy==

-	Status in the Western Palearctic is difficult to determine but known to have bred once in southern Azerbaijan in 1933 but not confirmed since. May be present regularly in south-east Transcaucasia and has been recorded as a vagrant in Israel and a bird thought to be a hybrid Shikra x Levant Sparrowhawk has also been recorded there.
-	==Taxonomy==
-	AKA Little Banded Goshawk

	Six races recognised with two in Africa: sphenurus from Gambia to northern Tanzania and polyzonoides from southern Tanzania to the Cape. In Asia cenchroides occurs from Transcaucasia to Central Asia, dussumieri in northern India and the Himalayas, badius in southern India and Sri Lanka and poliopsis from north-east India to China and South-East Asia.		Six races recognised with two in Africa: sphenurus from Gambia to northern Tanzania and polyzonoides from southern Tanzania to the Cape. In Asia cenchroides occurs from Transcaucasia to Central Asia, dussumieri in northern India and the Himalayas, badius in southern India and Sri Lanka and poliopsis from north-east India to China and South-East Asia.

TomTarrant-168: /* External Links */

2007-09-02T19:40:43Z

External Links

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	==External Links==		==External Links==
	{{GSearch\|Shikra}}		{{GSearch\|Shikra}}
-		+	*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=852&Bird_Image_ID=354&Bird_Family_ID=96 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
	[[Category:Birds]]		[[Category:Birds]]

AndyBright-51 at 18:11, 25 May 2007

2007-05-25T18:11:05Z

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	;Accipiter badius		;Accipiter badius
-	[[Image:Shikra.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Photo by Rakesh]]	+
-	==Description==	+	[[Image:Shikra.jpg\|thumb\|550px\|right\|Photo by Rakesh<br />Photo taken: Hebbal , Bangalore.]]
-	Location: Hebbal , Bangalore	+
	==Identification==		==Identification==
-	Shikra (Little Banded Goshawk)	+	==Distribution==
-	Accipiter badius	+	Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia. In Africa breeds from Senegal, Gambia and southern Mauritania east to Ethiopia and western Somalia and south to South Africa. Absent from the closed forests of Central Africa and the most arid areas of the south-west. Resident.
-	RANGE Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia. In Africa breeds from Senegal, Gambia and southern Mauritania east to Ethiopia and western Somalia and south to South Africa. Absent from the closed forests of Central Africa and the most arid areas of the south-west. Resident.	+
-	In Asia breeds from Iran and Pakistan south to southern India and Sri Lanka and north to Kazakstan and the far west of China. Range extends eastwards southern China and Hainan and south to southern Thailand. Northern populations are migratory, wintering from Iran to India and South-East Asia. Vagrants recorded in Malaya and Sumatra.	+
-	Status in the Western Palearctic is difficult to determine but known to have bred once in southern Azerbaijan in 1933 but not confirmed since. May be present regularly in south-east Transcaucasia and has been recorded as a vagrant in Israel and a bird thought to be a hybrid Shikra x Levant Sparrowhawk has also been recorded there.	+
-		+
-	HABITAT Forest, woodlands and wooded steppes, cultivated areas and often close to human habitation.	+

-	SUBSPECIES Six races recognised with two in Africa: sphenurus from Gambia to northern Tanzania and polyzonoides from southern Tanzania to the Cape. In Asia cenchroides occurs from Transcaucasia to Central Asia, dussumieri in northern India and the Himalayas, badius in southern India and Sri Lanka and poliopsis from north-east India to China and South-East Asia.	+	In Asia breeds from Iran and Pakistan south to southern India and Sri Lanka and north to Kazakstan and the far west of China. Range extends eastwards southern China and Hainan and south to southern Thailand. Northern populations are migratory, wintering from Iran to India and South-East Asia. Vagrants recorded in Malaya and Sumatra.
		+
		+	Status in the Western Palearctic is difficult to determine but known to have bred once in southern Azerbaijan in 1933 but not confirmed since. May be present regularly in south-east Transcaucasia and has been recorded as a vagrant in Israel and a bird thought to be a hybrid Shikra x Levant Sparrowhawk has also been recorded there.
		+	==Taxonomy==
		+	AKA Little Banded Goshawk
		+
		+	Six races recognised with two in Africa: sphenurus from Gambia to northern Tanzania and polyzonoides from southern Tanzania to the Cape. In Asia cenchroides occurs from Transcaucasia to Central Asia, dussumieri in northern India and the Himalayas, badius in southern India and Sri Lanka and poliopsis from north-east India to China and South-East Asia.
		+	==Habitat==
		+	Forest, woodlands and wooded steppes, cultivated areas and often close to human habitation.
		+	==Behaviour==
	==External Links==		==External Links==
-	*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=shikra View more images of Shikra in the gallery]	+	{{GSearch\|Shikra}}
		+
	[[Category:Birds]]		[[Category:Birds]]

BirdDB at 22:46, 15 April 2007

2007-04-15T22:46:56Z

New page

;Accipiter badius
[[Image:Shikra.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by Rakesh]]
==Description==
Location: Hebbal , Bangalore
==Identification==
Shikra (Little Banded Goshawk)
Accipiter badius
RANGE Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia. In Africa breeds from Senegal, Gambia and southern Mauritania east to Ethiopia and western Somalia and south to South Africa. Absent from the closed forests of Central Africa and the most arid areas of the south-west. Resident.
In Asia breeds from Iran and Pakistan south to southern India and Sri Lanka and north to Kazakstan and the far west of China. Range extends eastwards southern China and Hainan and south to southern Thailand. Northern populations are migratory, wintering from Iran to India and South-East Asia. Vagrants recorded in Malaya and Sumatra.
Status in the Western Palearctic is difficult to determine but known to have bred once in southern Azerbaijan in 1933 but not confirmed since. May be present regularly in south-east Transcaucasia and has been recorded as a vagrant in Israel and a bird thought to be a hybrid Shikra x Levant Sparrowhawk has also been recorded there.

HABITAT Forest, woodlands and wooded steppes, cultivated areas and often close to human habitation.

SUBSPECIES Six races recognised with two in Africa: sphenurus from Gambia to northern Tanzania and polyzonoides from southern Tanzania to the Cape. In Asia cenchroides occurs from Transcaucasia to Central Asia, dussumieri in northern India and the Himalayas, badius in southern India and Sri Lanka and poliopsis from north-east India to China and South-East Asia.
==External Links==
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=shikra View more images of Shikra in the gallery]
[[Category:Birds]]